The CRAAP Test
The CRAAP Test: Meriam Library, California State University.
CRAAP Test Prezi
- Currency: The timeliness of the information.
- Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.
- Authority: The source of the information.
- Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the content.
- Purpose: The reason the information exists.
Score Sheet Version 2: The CRAAP test and You!
High Fructose Corn Syrup Example Site to Evaluate
- RATS AREN’T PEOPLE
- Search the Author
- — USA Today: American Beverage Association
- — Label 1
- — Label 2 > Pepsi
- Search the links
- — Washington post blogger
- — Blogger search
- Track back URL
- A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain
- Stevia.net
- “foodbabe”
Scholarly or Popular?
Internet safety example
Evaluating Wikipedia
Phoebe S. Ayers, Reference Librarian, University of California, Davis
Test yourself
Select a site and see what you think!
Snopes
Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
Links to Evaluate
Google Search for: Roman Mythology– search results in order:
- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology
- View History and Talk
- UNRV History www.unrv.com/culture/mythology.php
- Home>About UNRV>Bibliography http://www.unrv.com/bibliography.php
- Roman Gods www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/
- Index to all my websites>Using these webpages
- http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/about.htm#written
- Edkins Family homepage: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/
- Roman Mythology for kids
- Home>FAQ>
- http://www.mrdonn.org/faq.html
- InfoPlease
- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197622.html
- About infoplease
- FAQs http://www.infoplease.com/helpfaqs.html
- Behind the name
- ODYSSEY/Rome/Mythology
- carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/ROME/mythology.html
- copyright info at bottom of page
- Edited directory back to>
- http://carlos.emory.edu/
- Roman Mythology
Other examples:
- Google search result: classical mythology roman
- Result #6 http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/
- Home>About Me
- http://www.timelessmyths.com/about.html
- Pro Con: http://aclu.procon.org/
- Can you tell the difference between advertising & information?
- “About Us Section” for Board of Directors. What affiliation does the Chairman of the Board have with the ACLU?
- Can you tell the difference between advertising & information?
Website Evaluation examples:
http://www.csub.edu/~jross/projects/infocomp/toolbox/WebEvl/WebCredExAns.html